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National Product Catalogue – Data Synchronisation BenefitsKen Nobbs, Program Manager, Medical Products, NEHTAHUG Singapore, 10th November 2010
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The National Product Catalogue
Our data synchronisation solution is the National Product Catalogue (NPC).
Established by NEHTA in March 2006 Healthcare branding of GS1 Australia’s GS1net Using the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) as the standard
identifier, with a standard data set For all healthcare items – medicines, devices and consumables Suppliers populate data once and publish to many
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NPC – how it works
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Clinical Outcomes
Clinical Terminologies – Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT)
Product tracking and recall
Bedside scanning (incl. batch, exp., serialisation, etc) => patient record
TGA approval of pharmaceuticals
NPC Progress
Private Sector
Ramsay Health Care
Cabrini Hospital
National Pharmacies
Accurate reference of Prosthesis Rebate Code for billing benefits
National Product Catalogue Over 150,000 items, 300+ suppliers
All jurisdictions accessing data
Clean, standardised data in all systems
All major wholesalers signed up
Most large pharma companies have populated
Large medical devices companies either populated or getting data organised
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Supply Chain to clinical improvements
Product Sourcing – eProcurement
NPCUnique Product Identification (GTIN)Standard product information
Data sourcing
Scanning for:LogisticsDispensingTheatre mgtBPOCeMAR/PCEHR
Product Flow
Data Flow
Product Data
Healthcare Products
Supply Chain efficiencies
Clinical Improvements
Benefits
Convergence of the right product and
right data
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NPC – The basis for reform
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NPC and Supply Chain
The NPC is integral for supply chain management to ensure a common set of data and a common product identifier (the GTIN) is shared between all parties.
Benefits include: Reduced effort for all parties Reduced errors in communication in the supply
chain Reduced costs for all parties
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NPC and Reimbursement
The NPC will enable identification of the right product for reimbursement and an auditable trail throughout the supply chain.
The linking of supply chain to government reimbursement programs will for the first time afford greater transparency and accuracy ensuring the right product gets claimed for and reimbursed.
Reimbursement
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NPC and Medications Management
Scanning is used in community and hospital pharmacy to ensure the dispensed medicine is the one that has been prescribed.
NEHTA is working with State Health Departments to link the NPC to the AMT, in hospital pharmacy solutions, to ensure that when the GTIN-based barcode is scanned it matches to the right product and other relevant information from the NPC.
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NPC and Product Recall
GS1 Australia are working with industry to develop a healthcare recall portal.
The key to effective product recall is the accurate identification of affected products in the supply chain.
The use of the NPC will enable more accurate identification of products for recall than has been possible prior to the NPC.
Product Recall
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NPC and Tendering
A number of States in Australia are using the NPC browser template as the basis for data submission for their healthcare products tenders.
This means that suppliers who have populated the NPC can simply download that data as part of the tender submission process.
The standardisation of data requirements saves all parties time and money
Tendering
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NPC and eProcurement
NPC is key to standard data and a shared identifier across all parties - GTIN
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NPC and the PCEHR
Australia is developing a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) for individuals. This will enable greater fluidity of an individual’s healthcare information than the current (mainly) paper-based system affords.
The NPC will enable the accurate identification of medical products administered, implanted, used in procedures etc. This information will add to other important information held in a patient’s PCEHR.
PCEHR
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